Locomotive-ash-pan wing-support.



J. c. DESHLER. LOCOMOTIVE ASH PAN WING SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-4,1915- 1, m, 1 1 w Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PMNOGRAPH 50., WASHINUTON D. c.

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JOSEPH. C. DESHLER, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOCARRIE CAROLINE DESHLER.

LOCOMOTIVE-ASH-PAN WING-SUPPGRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1%, 1916..

Application filed December 4, 1915- Serial No. 65,077.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. DESHLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evansville, county of Vanderburg, and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Locomotive-Ash- PanWing-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to locomotive ash pan wing supports.

Heretofore considerable difliculty has been experienced with locomotiveash pans, because they warp and bend out of shape, due to excessiveheating and the way the supports have been constructed.

My object is to provide an improved wing supportfor suspending the ashpan from the side frames of the locomotive in a novel manner, whereby astrong and secure suspension of the ash pan is provided withoutliability of bending or warping, even though the heat is very great.

In carrying out my invention, I form the wing supports of single piecesof sheet metal, cut and bent in an improved manner to conform to, andrest upon, the locomotive side frames and hold the wings down by theweight of the boiler, blocks being interposed between the boiler and thetops of the wings, and in addition, employ wing clamps at intervals,which are bolted to the locomotive side frames and to the sides of theash pan. The weight of the boiler holds the wings securely on the sideframes, the clamps space the ash pan from the side frames and preventlongitudinal or lateral shifting, and the wings combined with theclamps, provide arched connecting structures by which the ash pan isfreely suspended from the side frames of the locomotive in such mannerthat even excessive heat will not bend or warp the parts or cause theash pan to get out of its proper position beneath the grates.

The invention is set forth hereinafter and the novel features andcombinations are recited in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation showing somuch of the boiler and one side frame of the locomotive as willillustrate the location and adaptation of my invention; Fig. 2, a rearelevation; Fig. 3, a detail of one of the wings after it has been cutand before it is bent; Figs. 1

and 5, opposite side views of the wing; and Fig. 6, a detail of one ofthe clamps.

The side frames of the locomotive are shown at 1, the axle at 2 and thelower portion of the boiler at the fire-box, at 3. The ash pan 4 and theswinging gates 5 are of the usual construction.

My invention relates solely to the supporting wings or devices forsuspending the ash pan from the side frames 1.

The sheet metal pieces 6, of which there are two, one for each side ofthe ash pan, are first notched transversely as at 7, and, being of thearched form shown in Figs. 2, t and 5, they are then bent to close thenotch 7 and to bring them to the form shown in Figs. 4: and 5, thelateral portions 8 of the wings corresponding in outline or contour tothe outline or contour of the upper faces 9 of the locomotive sideframes 1 on which they rest and on which they are held by the weight ofthe fire-box legs 3 of the boiler. The boiler rests upon blocks 10,which in turn, rest upon the lateral portions 8 of the wings, therebysecurely holding them on the side frames 1. The depending, archedportions of the wings have bolt holes 11, through which pass bolts 12that connect the wings to the upper edges of the sides of the ash pan.At intervals there are provided arched wing clamps 13 which are securedby the bolts 12, and in turn, are bolted at 14 to the side frames 1,these clamps being shown in detail in Fig. 6.

My invention provides for free suspension of the ash pan, while at thesame time providing ample clearance space between theside frames and thesides of the ash pan, and the clamps 13 hold the side of the ash panaway from the frames 1 and also rigidly connect the ash pan to saidframes. The clamps and the wings 6 provide for all expansion andcontraction occasioned by the heat to which the ash pan is subject andprevent warping and bending out of shape, as has previously occurred.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a locomotive ash pan support, the combination with an ash pan andlocomotive side frames, of supporting Wings resting on the side framesand fastened to the ash pan, and Wing clamps fastened to the side framesand to the ash pan.

2. In a locomotive ash pan support, the 5 combination with an ash panan'dlocomotive side frames, of arched supporting Wings resting on theside frames and fastened to the ash pan, and arched Wing clamps disposedbeneath the Wings and fastened to the 10 side frames and 'tothe a-shpan.

3. In a locomotive ash pan support, the

combination with an ash pan and locomotive side frames, of archedsupporting Win s resting on the side frames and fastened o the ash pan,arched Wing clamps disposed beneath the Wings and fastened to the sideframes and to the ash pan, and retaining blocks resting on the Wings andserving as a support for the boiler.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

JOSEPH C. DESHLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five eents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

